Edge-binder for shoe-uppers.



. C. McKEON.

J EDGE BINDER FOR SHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3,191 5.

Patented June 20, 1916.

WITNESSES ATTORN EYS pumps, shoes,

EDGE-BINDER FOB SHOE-UPPERS.

Specification o e ters Patent.

Patented June 2d, 191%.

Application filed December 3, 1915. Serial No. 64,909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, JOHN C. McKEoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Merion, in the county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Edge-Binder for Shoe-Uppers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to devise an edge binder which is especially adapted to be used for binding the edges of shoe uppers and wherein one portion of the edge binder is constructed of a material which will give the requisite tensile strength to reinforce the edge and another portion of the binder is constructed of material which will give an ornamental and artistic appearance to the edge of the material, such as for example, the shoe upper which is to be bound.

Tn carrying out my invention in practice, ll preferably employ a textile fabric having a longitudinally extending portion of cotton webbing which may be reinforced in any desired manner and connected with the cotton webbing and forming a unit of structure therewith is a longitudinally extending portion of silk, mercerized cotton, or the like.

With the above ends in view, my invention consists of a novel construction of an edge binder which is especially adapted to be employed for binding the edges of devices made out of leather, such as for example,

slippers, and the like.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description of my invention.

For the purpose ofillustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents in perspective, an

edge binder embodying my invention, in assembled position with respect to the article to be bound. Fig. 2 represents a diagrammatical view of the edge binding;

' Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in' the figures.

* the finished edge,

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates an edge binder embodying my invention and consisting of a'reinforced fabric 2, to which is united and forms a unit of structure therewith an ornamental fabric 3. The fabric 2, which is employed to give the requisite strength to the edge of the shoe upper, preferably consists of cotton warp threads 4 and a reinforcement consisting of a cord 5. The portion 3 of the fabric preferably consists of silk warp threads 6 and weft threads 7.

Tn securing the edge binder to the article to be bound, the strip 3 is fixed or sewed to the upper edge of the upperS, and the edge binding is then folded over the upper edge of the shoe upper, reinforcing strip 4 isthen pasted or sewed to the inner face of the shoe upper, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 1.

In accordance with my present invention, the edge of the shoe upper is reinforced to the desired degree and at the same time, a silk finish is given to the exposed edge,

thereby improving the appearance of the' finished shoe. My novel edge binder is espeas indicated at 9. The

cially designed to be employed in shoes,

pumps, slippers, and the like, in order that the exposed edge will not only be reinforced in the proper manner but the appearance of the exposed edge be greatly improved and i the requisite artistic appearance be given to and although especially designed to be employed in conjunction with shoes, it is to be understood-that it is not limited to such use, and may be employed for reinforcing and binding the edges of other articles.

In accordance with my invention I employ an edge binder in which the weft thread is of silk, cotton or similar material. or one in which the longitudinally extending portion, which is designedto give the requisite ten.- sile reinforcement, is made with a cotton Warp and a cotton weft, as seen in Fig.2, and the portion of the binder, which is designed to present an artistic appearance, is provided with a silk warp and a silk weft, as seen in Fig. 2.

My invention, in its broad and generic scope, includes in combination with the shoe upper, an edge binder having portions thereof of difi'erent tensile strength, the portion of less tensile strength having a more artistic appearance than .the other portion, so that an attractive appearance will be given ized cotton, or similar material for the portion which is to cover the edge of the shoe upper, and in practice, the portion of less tensile strength is composed wholly or in partof silk or is given a silk like finish.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful edge binder for shoe uppers, which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and While I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An edge binder comprising a fabric having silk warp threads and weft threads at one edge of the fabric, and cotton warp and Weft threads at the other edge.

2. An edge binder comprising a fabric having silk warp threads and weft threads at one edge of the fabric, and cotton warp and Weft threads at the other edge, in combination with a reinforcing cord extending through the edge having the cotton warp and weft.

JOHN C. MCKEON.

Witnesses:

H. S. FAIRBANKS, C. D. MGVAY. 

